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As speculation over the closure of the Hazelwood Power Station builds, new measures have been announced to help the Latrobe Valley transition. But there's division over what the shutdown will mean for the rest of the country, including power supply and energy prices ...

Parents in the Latrobe Valley are calling on candidates in the Victorian Election to ensure the rehabilitation of the Hazelwood mine after the fire of earlier this year and to allocate more resources to any future health effects on the next generation. ...

The Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry has released its report concluding the mine operator and health authorities did too little, too late, to manage the fallout from the February fire. The blaze in the open-cut mine in Victoria's Latrobe Valley burned for 45 days, showering the town of Morwell in smoke ...

There's intense speculation in Canberra that the Clean Energy Target will be so radically changed it will no longer be worthy of the name. The CET idea belongs to Australia's Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, who delivered his report to Government in June after much anticipation. Four months on, ...